Intel Core i7-14650HX vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10831 points
21% slightly better overall score
8926 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12542 points
16% slightly better gaming score
10736 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10318 points
23% slightly better multitasking score
8383 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10235 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
8262 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

278.01 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
218.16 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
71% significantly more L2 cache
14 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache
25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

72nd of 1,089
112th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i7-14650HX vs Core i7-12850HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12850HX beats the Core i7-14650HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14650HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14650HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12850HX. The Core i7-14650HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-14650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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